US health group opposes Bush surgeon general pick

Source: Reuters

A leading public health group opposed President George W. Bush's surgeon general nominee on Wednesday, a day before Dr. James Holsinger, already under fire by Democrats and gay rights groups, faces a tough Senate confirmation hearing.

The American Public Health Association, founded in 1872 and made up of 50,000 U.S. public health professionals, said it is "very concerned with Dr. Holsinger's past writings regarding his views of homosexuality, which put his political and religious ideology before established medical science."

It was the second time ever, and the first in 26 years, that the group has opposed a U.S. surgeon general nominee.

Meanwhile, two Democratic congressional committee chairmen, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy and California Rep. Henry Waxman, wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt demanding documents relating to Dr. Richard Carmona's four-year tenure as surgeon general, which ended last year.

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That right there is what SHOULD make him bad for the job, but here we go again.
Is there no one in the country who respects the Constitution? (remember.... that old "piece of paper")